Amusement device



ST CHARLES JACUBS.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 16. 1920.

1 ,39O,789 PatentedSept. 13,1921.

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UNITED STATES, PATENT orncs.

JACOBS, OI'pBBOOKLYILlTEW I York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Amusement Devices, of

which the following is afull, clear, andexact specification.

This invention relates more pgl'ticularly to a class of devices adapted to 7 used for My invention has for 1ts object primarily to provide a device designed to be employed at pleasure resorts and elsewhere for; entertaining persons b requiring the exercise of the1r'skill,in t rowing a missile at an object and which is of a type for containing a prize so that when struck by the missile the object will tilt for causin the prize to be discharged for delivery to t e winner. The invention resides mainly in. the provision of a support or receiver with a target pivoted thereon, and this target has a holow body for removabl holding one or more srizes as well as having an outlet for the ischarge to the support of the prizes in succession so that w en struck by a missile thrown by "the person the target will tilt to deposit on the support or in the receiver each prize which in turn willbe won by the person having thrown the missile.

Other objects of the invention are to provide sprin actuated means whereby the target will be caused to return to its normal position following being tilted for dischargmg each prize; and to provide an amusement device of a simple, eiiicient and durable. construction which may be made of any suitable material in varioussizes.

Withthese and other objects in view the invention will be hereinafter more fully described with reference to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this speclfication in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views,

. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 16, 1990. Serial 80. 368,283.

" besides bein Patented Sept. 13, 1921.

' form, though the type of the receiver illustrated consists of a topplate or board 11 which ma be of any desired shape as well as bemg isposed on an incline and through the board 1s an inlet or opening, as at 12. On the underside of the board may be provlded a chute, as 13, of any preferred form, arranged so that the inlet 12 of the boar leads thereinto and'the chute has an outlet 14: at the lower end or at the side of the inclined board. Held to the chute 13 at its outlet 14 may be a basket or bag or pocket, as 15, which is so that the outlet of the chute leads into its entrance. The inclined board and chute of the receiver 10 are supported on one or a suitable-number of spaced posts or legs, as 16 and 17. On top of the board 11 of the receiver may be oneor a number of targets, as 18, adapted to be yieldingly tilted when struck by a missile.

The target 18 may be in the form of any arranged appropriate figure or object, but I prefer to employ a target in the form of a hen, as shown, having a' hollow body, as 19, with 'an opening or inlet 20 in the to of its back and having an opening or out et 21 in its rear end, the inlet 20 servin to permit one or more prizes, such as hard boiled eggs 22 to be placed within the body for being successively discharged through the outlet 21. The hollow body 19 is pivotally supported on a leg, as 22, which 18 preferablyin' the form of a hinge element having two leaf members 23 and 24. which are hinged together, at 25. The central part of the underside of the body 19 is held to the end of the leaf member 24, which is opposite to the pivot 25, and the leaf member 23 of the I hinge element is secured, at 26, on the top of the board 11 of the receiver so that the body of the target when struck by a missile will tilt rearwardly toward the inlet 12 of the chute 13. The target is also arranged on the receiver so that when tilted the out- .let 21 of its hollow body will register with the inlet of the chute for dischargin the eggs or prizes 22 into the chute. The ody o the tar et is, furthermore, positioned at a height a ove the to board 11 of the re ceiver so that when t e bod ofthe target is tilted the e gs or prizes wi 1 be discharged sin 1y from t e body into the chute.

11 order to cause thetarget 18 to be swung back to its normal position following being tilted, on the top board 11 of the receiver 10 between the leg or hinge element 22, and the inlet 12 of the chute 13 is a strip of spring metal 27 havin its lower end fastened, at 28, to the top oard of the receiver, and this strip is of a length so that its upper end is in close proximity to the central part of the leaf member 24 of the hinge element as well as being tensioned to force the target to return to its normal position after being tilted. Also serving to prevent the prizes or eggs 22 from accidentally passing through the outlet 21 of the body 19 of the target, a spring actuated gate, as 29, may be provided at the outlet 21. This gate is preferably in the form of a stri having one end pivoted, at30, to the e ge of the outlet 21 of the body of the target so that the strip protrudes angularly inward of the body from the part of the edge of the inlet nearest to the legor hinge element. On the pivot 30 is a spring, as 31, which is arranged as well as being tensioned for normally holding the gate yieldingly so that it extends upward inwardly of the body of the target from the outlet 21 to allow the gate to be swung outwardly of the outlet 21 by the weight of each of the prizes or eggs 22 durin the tilting of the target.

11 practice a number of the eggs 22 are arranged in a row in the body of the target so that they will be discharged. singly in succession and when the front of the bod is struck by a missile, such as a ball 32 bein thrown by a person the target will be tilte backward a ainst the tension of the spring 27. With 516 tilting of the body of the target each prize or eg will cause the gate 29 to swing outward o the outlet 21 of the body so that the eggs will be deposited consecutively through the inlet 12 into and through the chute 13 for delivery to the pocket 15 and then given as a rize to the person who threw the ball. ith the discharge of each of the eggs from the body of the target the spring 31 will cause the gate 29 to return to its normal position within the body of the target for retaining the eggs remaining in the body until discharged in similar manner. Thus I provide a sim 1e and efficient device adapted to be used or amusing persons by requiring the exercise of skill to accurately throw a missile with the view of being struck to win a prize.

In the foregoing description, I have embodied the preferred form of my invention, but I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself thereto as I am aware that modifications may be made therein without de parting from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, therefore, I reserve to myself the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scape thereof.

aving thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. An amusement device, comprising a receiver, and a target having a hollow body for. holding a prize as well as having an inlet and an outlet, and a spring actuated hinge yieldingly mounting the target on the receiver whereby it will when struck by a missile be tilted for causing the rize to be discharged through the outlet 0 the body of the target into the receiver.

2. An amusement device, comprising a receiver, and a target having a hollow body for holding a prize as well as having an inlet and an outlet, said target being yieldingly pivoted to the receiver so that it will when struck by a missile be tilted for causing the prize to be discharged through the outlet of the body into the receiver and so that the tar at will swing back to its normal position fol owing being tilted.

3. An amusement device, comprising a receiver, a target having a hollow body for holding a prize as well as having an inlet and an outlet, spring actuated means yieldingly pivoting the receiver so that it will y removably retaining the prize interiorly of the body against accidental displacement.

4. An amusement device, comprising a receiver, a target having a hollow body for holding prizes as well as having an inlet and an outlet, said target being pivoted to stand upright on the: receiver so that it will when struck by a missile to be tilted for causing the prizes to be discharged in succession through the outlet of the body into the receiver, and spring actuated means associated with the target and receiver whereby the target will return to its normal position following being tilted.

5. An amusement device, comprising a receiver, a target having a hollow body for holding prizes as wel as having an inlet and an outlet, a bin e element mountin to stand upright on "t e receiver so that it will when struck by a missile be tilted for causing the prizes to be discharged in succession through the outlet of the body into the receiver spring actuated means associated with the hinge to cause the target to return to its normal position following being tilted, and a gate at the outlet of the body of the target for removably retaining the prizes interiorly of the body and the gate being operable when actuated by each prize so that the prizes will be discharged singly in succession with the successive tilting of the target.

6. An amusement device, comprising a support having a chute with an entrance leading from the support, a pocket element at the outlet of the chute, a target having a hollow body for holding a prize as well as having an inlet and outlet, a hinge mounting the target on the support whereby the target when struck by a missile will be tilted for causing the rize to be discharged through the outlet of t e body into the chute through its inlet and thence into the pocket.

7. n amusement device, comprising a support havin a 'chute with an entrance leading from t e support, a pocket element at the outlet of the chute, a target having a hollow body for holding a prize as well as having an inlet and an outlet, a hinge mounting the target on the support whereby the target when struck by a missile will be tilted for causin the prize to be discharged throu h the outfit of the hollow body into the c ute through its inlet, and a spring associated with the hinge to cause the tar get to return to its normal position following being tilted.

8. An amusement device, comprising a support havin a chute with an entrance leading from t e support, a pocket element at the outlet of the chute, a target having a hollow body for holding prizes as well as having an inlet and an outlet, a hinge mounting the target on the support-whereby the target when struck by a missile will be tilted for causing the prize to be discharged through the outlet of the hollow body into the chute through its inlet and from the chute into said pocket, a spring associated with the hinge to cause the target to return to its normal position following being tilted, and a gate at the outlet of the body of the target for removably retaining the prizes interiorly of the body and the gate being operable whereby the prizes will be discharged singly in succession with the successive tilting of the target.

This specification signed and witnessed this 15 day of March A. D; 1920.

ST. CHARLES JACOB'S. Witnesses:

M. SONENSON, J. FREDERICK Game. 

